TOKYO (AP) — Japan should ban smoking in all public places if it wants to successfully host the Tokyo Olympics and promote tourism, a senior World Health Organization official said Friday. Japan, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated Saturday after someone threw an explosive device his way during a campaign event at a fishing port in western Japan. No one was hurt in the incident ...

We've heard people say before that smoking kills. But apparently, lighting up for smoke breaks can hurt someone more than we think! Three Osaka Prefectural Government workers in Japan got in trouble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One week before the Opening Ceremony, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s women’s gymnastics team has been sent home after she ...

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Smoking causes a number of serious diseases (including cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and cancer) and increases the risk of early death. With around eight million attributed deaths every year, ...